50541: Learn Microsoft Word 2010 Step by Step, Level 1 (1 Day)
About this Course
This one-day instructor-led course provides students with an overview of the features and functions of Microsoft Word 2010.
Audience Profile
This course is intended for novice information workers who want to learn beginning level Word 2010 skills.
At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Work in the user interface.
- Create, enter text in, and save documents.
- Open, move around in, and close documents.
- View documents in different ways.
- Make text changes.
- Find and replace text.
- Fine-tune text.
- Correct spelling and grammatical errors.
- Insert saved text.
- Quickly format text.
- Change a document’s theme.
- Manually change the look of characters.
- Manually change the look of paragraphs.
- Create and modify lists.
- Present information in columns.
- Create tabbed lists.
- Present information in tables.
- Format tables.
- Insert and modify pictures.
- Change a document's background.
- Insert building blocks.
- Add WordArt text.
- Preview and adjust page layout.
- Control what appears on each page.
- Print documents.
- Prepare documents for electronic distribution.
Course Outline
Module 1: Explore Word 2010
This module explains how to work with documents, including how to create, save, open, and close them.
Lessons
- Working in the user interface
- Creating, Entering Text in, and Saving Documents
- Opening, Moving Around in, and Closing Documents
- Viewing Documents in Different Ways
Lab : Working in the User Interface
- Explore the interface
Lab : Creating, Entering Text in, and Saving Documents
- Create a document, enter text, and save the document
Lab : Opening, Moving Around in, and Closing Documents
- Explore ways to move around in a document
Lab : Viewing Documents in Different Ways
- Explore different document views
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Give commands, and open and close documents.
- Create and save documents.
- Move around in documents.
- Look at documents in different ways
Module 2: Edit and Proofread Text
This module explains how to make a document say exactly what you want it to say and how to check it for spelling and grammatical errors.
Lessons
- Making Text Changes
- Finding and Replacing Text
- Fine-Tuning Text
- Correcting Spelling and Grammatical Errors
- Inserting Saved Text
Lab : Making Text Changes
- Edit text
Lab : Finding and Replacing Text
- Edit text by using Find and Replace
Lab : Fine-Tuning Text
- Find a synonym and translate a word
Lab : Correcting Spelling and Grammatical Errors
- Use AutoCorrect and the spelling and grammar checkers
Lab : Inserting Saved Text
- Save paragraphs and text as building blocks
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Make changes to the text of a document
- Find and replace words and phrases.
- Find the right word to use and translate a word.
- Use the Word spelling and grammar tools.
- Create custom building blocks from selected text and paragraphs.
Module 3: Change the Look of Text
This module explains how to apply Quick Styles to text and paragraphs, work with document themes, manually change the look of characters and paragraphs, and create and modify lists.
Lessons
- Quickly Formatting Text
- Changing a Document’s Theme
- Manually Changing the Look of Characters
- Manually Changing the Look of Paragraphs
- Creating and Modifying Lists
Lab : Quickly Formatting Text
- Work with Quick Styles and text effects
Lab : Changing a Document’s Theme
- Apply a theme, change it, and then save it
Lab : Manually Changing the Look of Characters
- Format text, and clear text formatting
Lab : Manually Changing the Look of Paragraphs
- Change alignment, indentation, and spacing; and add borders and shading
Lab : Creating and Modifying Lists
- Create and modify bulleted and numbered lists
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Use ready-made Quick Styles.
- Work with themes and theme elements.
- Make characters and paragraphs look exactly as required.
- Work with different types of lists.
Module 4: Organize Information in Columns and Tables
This module explains how to divide documents into columns; use tab stops; and create, convert, and format tables.
Lessons
- Presenting Information in Columns
- Creating Tabbed Lists
- Presenting Information in Tables
- Formatting Tables
Lab : Presenting Information in Columns
- Create multiple columns, and hyphenate text
Lab : Creating Tabbed Lists
- Use custom tab stops to create a tabbed list
Lab : Presenting Information in Tables
- Create, convert, and format tables
Lab : Formatting Tables
- Format table structure and content
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Flow text in multiple columns.
- Use tabs to simulate tables.
- Create tables and enter and format table information.
- Create a table by converting a tabbed list.
Module 5: Add Simple Graphic Elements
This module explains how to illustrate a document with pictures, how to dress up the page background, how to work with ready-made building blocks, and how enhance text with WordArt.
Lessons
- Inserting and Modifying Pictures
- Changing a Document’s Background
- Inserting Building Blocks
- Adding WordArt Text
Lab : Inserting and Modifying Pictures
- Insert and modify pictures
Lab : Changing a Document’s Background
- Apply various types of page backgrounds
Lab : Inserting Building Blocks
- Insert ready-made building blocks
Lab : Adding WordArt Text
- Create and modify a WordArt object
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Use pictures to add visual interest.
- Change the page background throughout a document.
- Work with read-made building blocks.
- Use WordArt to dress up text.
Module 6: Preview, Print, and Distribute Documents
This module explains how to preview a document and control its layout, how to print a document, and how to ensure that a document contains no inappropriate information before marking it as final.
Lessons
- Previewing and Adjusting Page Layout
- Controlling What Appears on Each Page
- Printing Documents
- Preparing Documents for Electronic Distribution
Lab : Previewing and Adjusting Page Layout
- Preview and adjust a document's layout
Lab : Controlling What Appears on Each Page
- Insert and adjust page and section breaks
Lab : Printing Documents
- Switch printers, and print a document
Lab : Preparing Documents for Electronic Distribution
- Finalize a document
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Check a document’s layout on the Print page of the Backstage view.
- Modify page layout.
- Print with default or custom settings.
- Finalize a document before distributing it.
Before attending this course, students must have:
- Basic computer knowledge, such as keyboard and mouse skills.
- Basic file-management skills. The student should know how to navigate to folders and files on a computer running Windows 7.